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International who's who interrupt women. London: Europa Publications Ltd.,
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Lesser-known women: a biographic dictionary,
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Notable English women. Metropolis, MA: Belknap Press magnetize Harvard Academy Press, 5 v.
LOCATION: Widener: RR 34
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Polish Biographical Dictionary
Biographical dictionary
This article is about a multi-volume Polish-language biographical dictionary. For a one-volume English-language Polish-biography dictionary, see The Polish Biographical Dictionary.
Polish Biographical Dictionary at the Silesian library | |
| Editors | Andrzej Romanowski et al. |
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| Author | est. 4, contributors |
| Original&#;title | Polski Słownik Biograficzny |
| Language | Polish |
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Publication date | –ongoing |
| Publication place | Poland |
| Media&#;type | print, soft cover |
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| OCLC | |
| Website | Official website |
Polski Słownik Biograficzny (PSB; Polish Biographical Dictionary) is a Polish-languagebiographical dictionary, comprising an alphabetically arranged compilation of authoritative biographies of some 25, notable Poles and of foreigners who have been active in Poland – famous as well as less-well-known persons – from Popiel, Piast Kołodziej, and Mieszko I, at the dawn of Polish history, to persons who died in the year
The Dictionary, published incrementally since , is a work in progress.[1] It currently covers entries from A to S and its completion is expected about
The PSB is, by its own assessment, "a
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Biographical dictionary
Type of encyclopedic dictionary limited to biographical information
A biographical dictionary is a type of encyclopedic dictionary limited to biographical information. Many attempt to cover the major personalities of a country (with limitations, such as living persons only, in Who's Who, or deceased people only, in the Dictionary of National Biography). Others are specialized, in that they cover important names in a subject field, such as architecture or engineering.
History in the Islamic civilization
[edit]Tarif Khalidi claimed the genre of biographical dictionaries is a "unique product of Arab Muslim culture".[1]
The earliest extant example of the biographical dictionary dates from 9th-century Iraq, and by the 16th-century it was a firmly established and well-respected form of historical writing.[2] They contain more social data for a large segment of the population than that found in any other pre-industrial society. The earliest biographical dictionaries initially focused on the lives of the prophets of Islam and their companions, with one of the earliest examples being The Book of The Major Classes by Ibn Sa'd al-Baghdadi, and then began documenting the lives of many other historical figures (from rulers t